Black-crowned Night Heron at Big John’s Pond

On one of my recent visits to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge I was fortunate enough to come across a cooperative Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax very close to the blind at Big John’s Pond. It was notthefirst cooperativebird I have seen there and I am sure that it won’t be the last. Enjoy these few digiscoped shots of the night-heron and may you see one as well soon!

Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their indoor cat, B.B. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.